Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Harsent
First Names
Samuel William
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
1374
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers A Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1 / MR13
Source abbrevs
F161
Original Text from book
Harsent, Corpl. Samuel William [1374] 9th [The Queens Royal] Lancers A Troop, MR1; Private, Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept 1880, MR13, F161 [= Private]
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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